But the aversion wasn't meaningless! Gollum is supposed to be this creature that while once good is now intrinsically evil. As elves are meant to be like the embodiment of all things good then Gollum being unable to touch things made by them would actually be a good way to show his nature.
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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